____/ Steve on Tuesday 11 March 2008 14:19 : \____
> This was a pretty impressive article. Microsoft executives not being
> able to get Vista to work on their machines and internal M$
> communications about Vista being a fubar.
>
> However, I think Microsoft will live. Too many businesses are scared
> to leave their business relationships with MS and venture out into the
> scarey world of "something else".
>
> All Microsoft has to do at this point is fix Vista, make a few
> concessions to customers, release something like "Vista Second
> Edition" and they are back in business.
>
> I do think that as far as the home desktop market goes Steve Ballmer
> will learn the same lesson that the Democratic Party learned in 2000 &
> 2004 vis-a-vis Ralph Nader.......that he doesn't "own" anyone's
> loyalty.
>
> I've had 2 - 3 windows user friends who got fed up enough with Vista
> to either buy a Mac or they are considering it once their PCs wear out
> ( they reinstalled XP )
It will be more interesting to see what happens /post/ Vista. Some people still
wait while at the same time Microsoft struggles. And I say this honestly.
They have become excessively focused on their competitors, namely how to
subvert and sabotage them. Microsoft needs to get back to development because
as the recent OOXML corruptions (among others) showed, Microsoft gets caught
with its pants down while the whole village laughs at best (or throws rocks,
depending on one's mood and inclinations).
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